Russia Has A Long Way To Go Before It Is A Super Power Again

Typhoon class Dmitry Donskoi submarine

Only 8 Russian Strategic Submarines Are Combat-Ready - Analyst -- RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, June 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's navy has 12 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines in service, but only eight of them are combat-capable, a Russian military analyst said on Monday.

"Out of 12 vessels, Northern Fleet's Typhoon class Dmitry Donskoi submarine has been overhauled to test new Bulava sea-based ballistic missiles, six Delta-IV class units are being refitted with modernized version of the R-29RM (SS-N-23) missile, known as Sineva, and five Delta-III class submarines are deployed with the Pacific Fleet" said Mikhail Barabanov, editor-in-chief of the Moscow Defense Brief magazine.

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My Comment: The British, the Russians .... they all had great fleets .... and now .... just a fraction of what they once had.